Improvement in combined dressing-bureaus and bath-tubs



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

JANE E. GILMAN, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED DRESSING-BUREAUS AND BATH-TUBS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 107,479, dated September 20, 1870.

Nature and Objects of the Intention.

My invention consists in so combining a dressing-bureau and a bath-tub that the one device serves for both; and when not in use for a bath-tub, it presents all the elegance of a line dressing-bureau.

Description of thc Accompanying Drawing.

Figure 1 is a front view of the device when not 1n use as a bath. Figa 2 is a plan view of the device with the bath-tub exposed to view.

General Description.

The letter a indicates a mirror, such as is generally used in a dressing-bureau. a. is the mirror-frame. At one side ot' the bureau is the wash-bowl b, fed by the hot and cold water pipes c and d, which pipes run down through vthis end of the bureau, concealed from sight,

and are to be properly connected with supplypipes. As shown in the drawing, this washbowl is always exposed to view. If desired, the bowl and the supply-pipes can be sunk down into the body of the bureau, and covered from sight, when desired, by a cover shutting down over them, thus making both ends of the bureau to present the same appearance. At the opposite end of the bureau are two drawers, e and cl the other panels, c2 c2 e?l c2 c2, are simply representations of drawers.

The whole of that end of the bureau where the wash-bowl is situated is fixed fast to the ioor, as is also the bath-tub f,- but all the rest of the frame of the bureau to the left of the line g is set upon casters, and will draw to one side, as shown in Fig. 2, leaving the bath-tub f open for use.

Hot and cold water are drawn into the bathtub by turning thecocks c and d around so that they will deliver into the tub. A proper waste or drain pipe conveys away the water from the bowl and the tub when desired.

The letter h indicates a lid or cover, hung on hinges, to cover the tub when not in use.

In front of the device is a rack, c', under which is a drip-pan, to receive the water which may drip from a person upon just stepping from the bath.

The letter k indicates a towel-rack, which i one end of the bureau to each other, while the other end, to which the front c2 is attached, is capable of being moved to one side, as herein described.

2. The herein-described combined bureau and bathtub, provided with the wash-basin b and supply cocks, arranged as shown, the sliding towel-rack, and hinged top 71., all constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

JANE E. GILMAN.

Witnesses HARRIET H. GILMAN, WM. E. SiMoNns. 

